start的用法

v.开始，着手，动手(做或使用);(使)发生，开始进行;开动;发动;启动

n.开头;开端;开始;起始优势;良好的基础条件

第三人称单数： starts 现在分词： starting 过去式： started 过去分词： started

做事 doing sth

1 开始，着手，动手（做或使用） 

to begin doing or using sth

[VN] I start work at nine.

我每天九点开始工作。

He's just started a new job.

他刚刚着手一项新工作。

I only started (= began to read) this book yesterday.

我昨天才开始看这本书。

We need to start (= begin using) a new jar of coffee.

我们得新开一罐咖啡了。

The kids start school next week.

孩子们下星期开学。

[V to inf] It started to rain.

下起雨来了。

Mistakes were starting to creep in.

不知不觉间，开始出错了。

[V -ing] She started laughing.

她笑了起来。

[V] It's a long story. Where shall I start?

说来话长。我从哪儿说起呢？

It's time you started on your homework.

你该做功课了。

Let's start by reviewing what we did last week.

我们开始先来复习一下上星期学的内容。

Can you start (= a new job) on Monday?

你可以星期一就来上班吗？

[V-ADJ] The best professional musicians start young .

卓有成就的音乐家很早就接触音乐。

note at begin

发生 happening

2 使）发生，开始进行 

to start happening; to make sth start happening

[V] When does the class start?

什么时候上课？

Have you any idea where the rumour started?

你知不知道谣言是从哪儿传出来的？

[VN] Who started the fire?

谁放的火？

Do you start the day with a good breakfast?

你早晨起来会先好好吃一顿早饭吗？

You're always trying to start an argument.

你总是想挑起争论。

[VN -ing] The news started me thinking.

那条消息让我思考起来。

机器；车辆 machine/vehicle

3 开动；发动；启动 

when you start a machine or a vehicle or it starts , it begins to operate

[VN] Start the engines!

发动引擎！

I can't get the car started.

这辆车我发动不起来。

[V] The car won't start.

这辆车发动不起来。

存在 existing

4 ~ (sth) (up)

（使）出现；发起；创办；开办 

to begin to exist; to make sth begin to exist

[V] There are a lot of small businesses starting up in that area.

小型企业在那一地区大量涌现。

[VN] They decided to start a catering business.

他们决定开办一家酒席承办公司。

旅行 journey

5 [V] ~ (out)

出发；动身；起程 

to begin a journey; to leave

同义词： set off, set out

What time are we starting tomorrow?

我们明天什么时候出发？

走 going/walking

6 [V + adv./prep.] 起身走向；奔向…而去 

to begin to move in a particular direction

I started after her (= began to follow her) to tell her the news.

我起身朝她追去，好把消息告诉她。

He started for the door, but I blocked his way.

他奔门口而来，但我挡住了他的去路。

方式；地方；层次 in particular way/from place/level

7~ (out/off) (sth) (as sth)

以…起步（或起家）；起初是 

to begin, or to begin sth such as a career, in a particular way that changed later

[V] She started as a secretary but ended up running the department.

她起初只是一个秘书，但最后掌管起了整个部门。

The company started out with 30 employees.

公司创业之初只有30名员工。

[VN] He started life as a teacher before turning to journalism.

他开始当过教师，后来改行搞起了新闻。

8 [V + adv./prep.] （从…）开始；（由…）起 

to begin from a particular place, amount or situation

The trail starts just outside the town.

足迹从刚出城的地方开始。

Hotel prices start at ?50 a night for a double room.

旅馆的双人房间一宿50欧元起价。

The evening started badly when the speaker failed to turn up.

那天晚上的活动一开始挺糟糕，因为演讲者没有来。

突然一动 move suddenly

9 [V] 突然一惊 

to move suddenly and quickly because you are surprised or afraid

同义词： jump

The sudden noise made her start.

突如其来的声音吓了她一跳。